University of Puerto Rico at Ponce English Department ENGL 4021 L03 MINUTES Meeting date: September 07, 2022 Call of order: A regular meeting of the course ENGL4021, L03 of the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce was held in room MTC-1 on September 7, 2022. The meeting convened at 1:34 BIE", professor LeCompte presiding and Solimar Rosado Iglesias, seeretary. All students attended except: Isabelle Gonzales and Oscar Green. Approval of Minut. us 3st ‘The minutes corresponding to the meeting of August ay 2022, were approved after corrections. Matters Diseusse: 1. Professor LeCompte assigned 4 minutes to carry out the free writing that included the interpretation of two imeges. edifovial cartoons 2, FheTMerot theprevieus-elass-wore-discuned. Not needed! 3. Professor LeCompte distributed to-s the grades that each student obtained in the quiz about the documentan// The fue f foot. Ontirotirhad, se discussed the mos common spelling and writing errors in the quiz. /n adhtiony 4. All the students present took the quiz on chapter one of the textbook that is being used in the ENGL4021 course. 5. LeCompte discussed Chapter 1 emphasizing in: © The definition of technical writing. | ye © Thenine steps to better writing. yn ** ote OP The meeting adjourned at 2:52 p.m. ‘Submitted by: 04[ 12 J20z Date of approvalUniversity of Puerto Rico at Ponce English Department ENGL 4021 L03 MINUTES Call to order: A regular meeting of the course ENGL4021 LO3 convened at 1:30pm in the room MTC-2 of the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce with Professor LeCompte presiding and Isabelle Gonzalez, Angélica Vega, and Patricia Correa as secretaries on August 10", 2022. The professor did not take attendance, Approval of Minutes: ee gz : weve The Ninute%orresponding to the meeting of August 8°, 2022, wes approved as distributed to members. Matters Discussed: fluency 1. Developing writing #equency: Professor LeCompte discussed the temporarily ongoing exercise of free writing and its instructions, 2. Introduction to Portfolio Project: There was a brief explanation of how the Portfolio Project would be structured. A few sections of the project were emphasized: - The selection of three free writing exercises = Vocabulary section (at least 15 words learned throughout the course) 3. First technical documents: The professor captains yh what alr dcered ems are and what they will consist of for the course. £- add iscused minutes 4, Homework: Two assignments were announced. ae active voice = Fe complete the introductory forum - _ Revise the Portfolio, Progress report and Trip report sections on Moodle Adjournment Patricia Correa presented a motion to adjourn the meeting, it was seconded and unopposed, the motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 2:40pm. Submitted by: —O%=1G-2022 Isabelle bey ‘Secretary Date of approvalUniversity of Puerto Rico at Ponce English Department ENGL 4021 L03 MINUTES Meeting Date: August 15, 2022 Call to order A regular meeting of the Course ENGL 4021 L03 of the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce was held in room MTC on August 15, 2022. The meeting convened at 1:30, Professor Le Compte presiding and Lala Boria Diaz, secretary. All students attended. pm Approval of Minutes: Minutes of August 10, 2022 were approved after corrections. Matters Discussed: vee 1. Professor Le Compte welcomed students and started aZ- thyse er for free writing. 2. The professor wrote the class agenda on the board: t ad the — Free writis aye 4h ree writing eres welling — Minutes — Special Projects — Assignment Eliminale_, 3, thepratessar discussed and-conteted-the minster fron ragest 19-2622 4. Professor Le Compte explained and did examples of how a technical document like minutes use the following: — Active voice — Parallelism when using bullets — Third person pronoun Consistency 5. The professor emphasized what phonology was for better understanding of pronunciation and sounds. 6. Professor Le Compte briefly explained the special project about the trip report — £2 technical document about an activity (forum, seminar, conference etc.) — Formal evidence (certificate, formal list of attendance signed by secretary pr certification) 7 7. The professor discussed a detail of the assignment about the class portfolio: — The students must create a website to submit a digital portfolio Motion: © donot use only one bullet Angel Santos presented a motion to end class; the motion carried. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 2:49pm. Submitted by: KE p4n12= 2022 Lala Boria Diaz, Secretary Date of approvalUniversity of Puerto Rico English Department ENGL 4021 L03 MINUTES Meeting Date: August 17, 2022 ‘On August 17, 2022, a regular meeting of Course ENGL 4021 L03 of the University of Puerto Rico in Ponce, was held in room MTC-3. The meeting convened at 1:30pm, Professor LeCompte presiding and Adler Torres Santiago as secretary. The professor took attendance, and only Solimar Rosado was absent. Approval of Minutes: ‘The minutes corresponding to the meeting of August 15, 2022 were discussed and approved. After Correchon rs Discussed: '- Developing Writing Fluency: Professor LeCompte welcomed the class and started a three minute timer for the free writing exercise. The topic provided was: “If you could sit on it bench and chat for one hour with anyone from the past or present who would it ok Wecessary 2 ma aE pk provided suggestions and explanations about: a. How to maintain a parallel structure without too much repetition, while still being consistent. b. Why the students should use the oxford comma. ¢. Howto, and when to, use lists in a technical document. 3- The professor gave the students a chance to ask questions about the special project: Portfolio. She proceeded to explain how the words for the vocabulary section can come from any task that has relation to the technical writing class. 4 The professor gave a very detailed explanation of the Progress Report, the matters discussed were: , —incorrec] Conbraction a, Why its related to the Atabey garden b. Options to accumulate hours complete —_i, Donation (maximum of two hours) nam > CEPA sponsored activities Coalicwn Estuciarsi) Service logs (evidence of the work done) Dro a vicubhorg d. The meaning behind the name “Progress Report” - ‘The professor gave the students a chance to form the groups for the Progress Report and for them to exchange contact information. Adjournment: A motion to adjoum the meeting was presented, it was seconded and unopposed. The meeting adjoumed at 2:45pm. Summited by: Odber Ferreon og /22 f 2022 AdlerJ. Torres Santiago: Date of ApprovalUniversity of Puerto Rico English Department ENGL 4021 L03 Minutes Meeting Date: August 22, 2022 Call to Order: On August 22, 2022, regular meeting of course ENGL 4021 L03 of the University of Puerto Rico in Ponce, was held in room MTC-1. The meeting convened at 1:35 p.m., professor LeCompte Presiding and Angel J. Santos Lewis as secretary. The professor took attendance, and-enty om nae 1 of ‘The minutes corresponding to the meeting of August 17, 2022, were discussed, and approved after corrections. Matters Dis pee, : 2X— § The professor and students highlighted the following corrections in the minutes: i. Kfan organization is to be mentioned, name should be written, and the abbreviation should be written in parentheses. ii, Professor LeCompte explained that minutes should only occupy 1-page. iii. She provided examples of cognate and false cognate words. 4, The professor made an exercise of application. She made students to: ES 3k 7%. Pair with another person who iesd. same number. ii, Assemble a mouse trap. iii, Write the steps of mouse trap using the characteristics of technical documents, 5. Professor LeCompte assigned the students to complete the instructions of the mouse trap and vite the wamings to be discussed in the next class. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 2:56 p.m. Date’ Lau) 20: